1st Choice Market

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as a regular was scanning his groceries, he heard an unexpected voice from behind him: ‘Hey, you forgot something!’ Glancing up, he saw no one there but felt a sudden chill down his spine. Looking around confusedly, he scanned the empty aisle again—only to see, leaning against the shelf, a bag of forgotten bananas smiling back at him. The regular laughed it off, paid for his items, and left, never realizing that ever since then, whenever he visited 1st Choice Market, those bananas seemed to follow him down each aisle with a mischievous twinkle in their yellow peels.

2. One day, while stocking shelves in the late afternoon, a young employee noticed something odd on the milk cartons. The expiration dates seemed to change right before his eyes—today’s date became tomorrow’s, and then yesterday’s. Confused but curious, he mentioned it to no one until the next morning, when every customer received an automated announcement over the store PA: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, our dairy products are now guaranteed fresh for exactly 24 hours.’ Soon enough, the entire town was buzzing with excitement. People started coming from miles around just to buy milk from 1st Choice Market, confident that they’d get fresher milk than anywhere else. Even the local baker praised their magical milk, claiming it made his bread rise twice as high. Eventually, someone asked the manager how they did it, whereupon he replied, 'We simply follow the instructions on the package.'

3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock at 1st Choice Market. As he unloaded crates of fresh produce, he noticed something peculiar—a small brown envelope taped discreetly to one crate. Curious, he opened it to find a note scribbled in pencil: 'Take what you need, leave what you want.' Inside was a single banana with a smiley face drawn on it. From that day on, whenever anyone needed an extra banana, they knew exactly where to look.

4. In the early hours of one misty night, a delivery driver pulled up to the market and unloaded crates of fresh produce. As he stacked apples onto the shelf, he noticed something odd—a small, dusty box labeled ‘Special Order Only.’ As he opened it curiously, out popped an ancient-looking apple that started singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in Russian! Turns out, it was a prank from a neighbor who’d hidden the talking fruit as a joke. Ever since then, customers say they can still hear it humming away on special days.